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L. G. HUNTINGTON.

LANTERN. No. 27 ,1 2. Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

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LAWSON G. HUNTINGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEODORE B. OSBORNE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,182, dated April 24, 1883,

Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.)

tully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to what are known as loose-globe lanterns, or lanterns in which the globe is not permanently secured to its support, butvis capable of being removed for cleaning or for the purpose of inserting a new one in case of breakage.

lt has been found in practice that the globes furnished for this class of lanterns vary slightly in size, which makes it necessary to construct the frames large enough to receive the largest globe, and consequently so large that the smaller globes fit loosely and rattle in the frame. To prevent this rattling these lanterns have been provided with an adjustable globe-holder consisting of a band located inside the dome and adapted to fit over the end of the globe, and provided with means by which it can be adjusted vertically to different positions, so that when the globe is inserted in the frame the band can be brought to bear against the end to hold it securely in position. adjustment of the globe-holding band has usually been effected by means of inclines, either upon the band or dome, against which work studs or a rod, so that by turning the band it is movedvertically to or from the globe. This means of adjustment has been found objectionable in practice, for the reason that the constant jarring to which a lantern is subjected when in use is liable to move the studs along their inclines, thereby releasing the band and loosening the globe.

It is the object of the present invention, among other things, to overcome this difficulty; and to that end one feature of the invention consists in providing the adj listing-inclines with series of serrations, into which the studs are pressed when the band is adjusted against the globe, and which prevent the studs from being moved except upon the application of a considerable degree of force. In this class of The lanterns it is for various reasons desirable to provide for the removal of the globe through the top of the frame, and for this purpose the reflector, which also carries the dome, is usually hinged to the frame so as to be swungto one side when the globe is to be removed, it being provided with a catch for holding it in position after the globe is inserted. WVhen the reflector is thus hinged to the frame it is of course quite essential that the bail should not be attached to the dome, as when so attached the weight of the lantern is very liable. to unfasten the catch. To obviate this difficulty I provide the bailwith wireears of suitable form to be attached to two of the vertical rods of the frame, and of sufficient length to extend upward past the reflector, thus attaching the bail to a rigid part of the lantern, and at the same time keeping its body far enough below the point of union with the bail to prevent undue rocking.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the upper portion of a lantern embodying the present invention in one of its forms. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing a slightly different embodiment; and Figs. 3 and 4 show ears of modified forms.

The globe l, reflector 2, and frame 3 4. are of an ordinary construction, and therefore require no detailed description. The reflector is attached to the hoop 4 of the frame by the usual hinge, 5, and catch 6, so as to be swung to one side for the introduction and removal of the globe, the hoop 4 being of sufflcient size to allow the globe to pass freely.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the reflector is provided with an upwardly-extending band, 7, through which passes the dome 8, the lower end, 9, of the dome extending sufficiently far downward to encircle and bear against the upper end of the globe. The band 7 is provided with one or more inwardly-extending studs, 10, which rest in inclined slots 11, formed in the lower end of the dome, these slots being provided upon their lower edges with series of serrations 12. The bail 13 is attached to the lantern by means of cars 14, consisting of pieces 'of wire bent through the eyes of the bail, and having their ends secured to thevertical rods 3 of theframe.

The ends of the wires forming the ears may be bent so as to pass upward along said rods, as

shown in Fig. 3, and may be also bent around the hoop 4, as shown in Fig. 1; or one end may pass upward and the other downward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3; or both may extend downward,asshowninFigA. Ineither case the ears will be secured to the rods 3 by solder or otherwise, and may for additional security be provided with an encircling band, 15. An ear of this construction will be found desirable for other styles of lanterns than that herein shown.

The operation of the apparatus thus constructed will be as follows: The globe having been inserted and the reflector closed and secured by the catch 6, the upper end of the dome will be grasped and turned in its seat, therebycarrying the serratedinclines12around beneath the studs and forcing the dome downward, so that its lower end, 9, will encircle and press against the upper end of the globe with sufficient force to prevent the latter from moving or rattling in the frame. In pressing the dome downward against the globe the parts will yield snfliciently to permit the studs to rideover the serrations l2, and will have suflicient elasticity after the dome has been pressed against the globe to hold the studsin the terrations and prevent thedomefrom movsay, the studs 10 may be located upon the dome and the slots 11 be in the band 7, as shown in Fig. 2. In this case the serrations 12 will of course be upon the upper side of the slots.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination, with the removable globe, of the band 7 and vertically-adjustable dome and globe-holder89, said band anddome being provided with one or more serrated inclined slots, as 11, and studs, as 10, for operating said holder and dome, all substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the lantern-bail and the vertical rods of the frame, of the ears 14, formed from separate pieces of wire bent to the shapeshown, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAWSON G. HUNTINGTON. Witnesses:

T. H. PALMER, A. N. J ASBERA. 

